MERIDIAN —
August 28 will be a good time to trade in that Callaway driver for a Browning shotgun as the boy scouts of the Choctaw Area Council put on their first Sporting Clays for Character event.
Think of it as golf with a shotgun.
Nolan Reynerson, who is the District Director of the Sowashee/Scott Mountain Districts for the Choctaw Area Council, said the first shoot, which the scouts hope will become an annual event, is shaping up to be a unique experience that will also help raise money for the local boy scouts organization.
"I've taken part in these shooting events in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Birmingham, Alabama, and just had so much fun," said Reynerson. "This is fun way to support the Boy Scouts and an excellent way for hunters to get warmed up for hunting season."
The event will support the Boy Scouts of America and the Choctaw Area Council to further the mission of scouting, especially in the low-income areas of East Mississippi and West Alabama, said Reynerson. He said the Birmingham area Boy Scouts began these shooting clays competitions about 20 years ago and he said they average about 400 shooters per year.
"It has been very successful for them," Reynerson added.
The Choctaw Area Council, Boy Scouts of America serves about 4,000 youth and volunteers in Lauderdale, Kemper, Neshoba, Newton, Clarke, and Choctaw (Ala.) counties.
Reynerson said a warmup shoot for Character and Gold sponsors will be held Friday, Aug. 27 at Pushmataha Plantation located in Lisman, Ala. He said to bring your own favorite shotgun; shotgun shells and a lunch will be provided.
Reynerson said that evening, at the Holiday Inn-Meridian on North Frontage Road, a reception and auction will be held beginning at 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. Food and drinks along with live music will be featured in addition to the a wide variety of auction items.
On Saturday, Aug. 28, the shooting and competition begins at Camp Binachi south of Meridian. Sporting Clays for Character features the unique and exciting opportunity to test your marksmanship against a course through trails at Camp Binachi. The shooting stations will be set up to emulate hunting situations such as rabbits, teal, doves, pheasants and more. Teams of four to five people will compete in the fun and social event. Awards will be given to top shooters and team. Organizers say the event promises to appeal to the novice hunter as well as the expert shooter.
"There will be clays coming from overhead to simulate upland bird and duck hunting," Reynerson said. "Clays will also shoot out of thickets and along the ground like rabbits. So there is a variety of hunting situations that will be part of this event."
Sponsorship and team registrations are being accepted now.
For more information, contact Nolan Reynerson at 601-693-6757.
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